June 7, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following appeared on The Day website on June 6, 2010.) GROTON, Conn. — Northbound train traffic on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor was interrupted for part of the day Saturday when a tarp got caught in overhead wires, preventing trains from passing. Six trains...
June 7, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Ted Jackovics appeared on The Tampa Tribune website on June 5, 2010.) TAMPA — Amtrak ridership continued to increase in April, including on the Silver Star, which serves Tampa on its daily New York-Miami run, a company report shows. The Silver...
June 7, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Kytja Weir appeared on the Washington Examiner website on June 7, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Virginia Railway Express is crafting contingency plans in case its new contractor isn’t ready to take over service from a rival later this month...
June 4, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Peter Bacque appeared on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on June 4, 2010.) RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia faces having to come up with millions of dollars to pay for some of Amtrak’s passenger rail service in the state. By 2013, federal law...
June 4, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following report appeared on the News & Messenger website on June 3, 2010.) MANASSAS, Va. — Virginia Railway Express will recommend against filing a lawsuit against Amtrak following allegations the agency hampered the commuter railroad’s efforts to hire and...
June 3, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Michael Dresser appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on June 2, 2010.) BALTIMORE, Md. — After a three-month test period, Amtrak has decided to make free WiFi service on its Excela Express trains a standard of the service and is planning to...
June 1, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(The following story by Steve Mayes appeared on The Oregonian website on May 29, 2010.) PORTLAND, Ore. — When Oregon City finishes work on its Amtrak station next month, the town will have invested more than $3 million in the passenger stop. The city is adding parking...
June 1, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The following story by Jacqueline Lee appeared on the News-Democrat website on June 1, 2010.) BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Rail owners have replaced and opened the 500 feet of track where an Amtrak train derailed Sunday and injured five passengers. An investigation into the...
June 1, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(The following column by Eric Zorn appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on May 30, 2010.) CHICAGO — I was shocked by Amtrak’s announcement last week that boarding passengers will now face random screening of their carry-on bags in an effort to detect...
June 1, 2010 | Amtrak, Headlines
(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 31, 2010.) GRAND JUNCTION, Mich. — Authorities believe a pry bar placed deliberately on railroad tracks in western Michigan caused a short circuit and a small fire on an Amtrak passenger train. The Herald-Palladium...
